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California death penalty boon to some
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- California's bogged-down execution process means death-row inmates can expect to live a long time and in better conditions than other inmates, officials said.
Judge slaps Colorado medical pot hearing
DENVER, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A meeting by Colorado's state Board of Health to change the rules on medical marijuana wasn't held properly, a state judge says.
Guilty verdict in anchorwoman slaying
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A jury in Arkansas Wednesday found Curtis Lavelle Vance guilty of capital murder in the slaying of Little Rock TV anchorwoman Anne Pressly.
Judge to issue ruling on force feeding
HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A Connecticut judge says he will decide soon whether a hunger-striking prisoner can be force-fed.
Irish priest freed in Philippines
DUBLIN, Ireland, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- An elderly Irish Catholic priest kidnapped by rebels in the Philippines was freed Wednesday, government officials in Dublin said.
Berkeley outlaws cat declawing
BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday followed San Francisco's lead in banning the declawing of cats, city officials said.
State Dept. denounces blogger's beating
MIAMI, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Last week's assault on Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez is "deplorable," the U.S. State Department says.
AG rules taped conversations legal
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A former spokesman for California Attorney General Jerry Brown did not break the law by secretly taping talks with reporters, Brown's office said.
Afghanistan options narrowed to four
Afghanistan options narrowed to four
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is considering four options for an Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy in discussions with his advisers, a White House spokesman said.
Miss. man arrested in kidnapping, rape
BOLTON, Miss., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A Mississippi man has been arrested in the kidnapping, rape and aggravated assault of a 21-year-old woman, prosecutors say.
San Diego woman guilty in fraud case
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A San Diego woman has pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about her role in a federal bribery scheme involving a military research center, officials said.
Birther lawyer denies perjury scheme
SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- California lawyer Orly Taitz, who contends Barack Obama wasn't U.S. born and so can't be president, denies she asked people to lie in court to support her case.
Gang rape witness feels no guilt
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- One teenager who witnessed the gang rape of a 15-year-old San Francisco area girl told ABC he doesn't feel accountable for what happened.
Tiger survivor sentenced for DWI
SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A 25-year-old man who survived a tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo was sentenced Tuesday to two days in jail for drunken driving, officials said.
Imam in Fort Hood case born in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim imam who had communicated with suspected Foot Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was born in New Mexico, records indicate.